As we roll towards the conclusion of another utterly awful year of Oilers hockey, it becomes more and more difficult to care about anything associated with the team. The terrible hockey and terrible decision making just starts to numb you after a while. The impact on your fandom is like freezing to death; after a while, you don’t even notice the cold and just drift away. With that said, goofy things are always interesting and the Oilers continue to keep us well supplied with those. On Saturday night, with about 2:30 left in a game that Calgary was winning 5-2, Tom Renney pulled the goalie. Calgary scored shortly thereafter and...

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20690 Team Period Time Note EDM Opponent STL 1 19:02 24 35 55 58 83 89 5 21 22 36 41 74 5v5 STL 1 18:16 10 24 35 44 91 94 5 15 17 21 41 46 5v5 STL 1 17:51 10 24 33 35 91 94 4 15 17 41 44 46 5v5 STL 1 17:05 5 16 28 35 42 58 5 12 22 26 41 75 5v5 STL 1 15:19 PP 5 10 24 35 94 27 28 41 42 57 74 4v5 STL 1 13:35 5 12 35 42 58 17 21 22 25 41 44 4v5 STL 1 12:49 24 33 35 83 89 91 5 12 15 36 41 46 5v5 STL 1 9:12 5 10 14 35 58 94 4 12 26 41 46 75 5v5 STL 1 5:04 16 24 28 35 42 44 4 12 41 46 57 75 5v5 STL 1 4:30 24 35 44 83 89 91 25 27 28 41 42 57 5v5 STL 1 4:10 ...

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20676 Team Period Time Note EDM Opponent CBJ 1 14:30 25 33 40 55 89 91 5 15 25 26 30 58 5v5 CBJ 1 13:32 5 40 58 83 89 94 6 16 22 30 51 61 5v5 EDM 1 13:24 83 5 40 58 83 89 94 6 16 22 30 51 61 5v5 EDM 1 12:59 Goal 57 12 24 28 40 44 57 3 4 9 16 30 40 5v5 EDM 1 11:10 Goal 55 5 40 55 58 83 89 6 15 25 26 30 51 5v5 CBJ 1 5:31 12 25 40 44 83 89 6 15 19 30 50 51 5v5 EDM 1 9:58 94 5 10 28 40 57 58 3 4 16 22 30 61 5v5 EDM 1 3:35 55 12 24 40 44 55 91 6 19 30 33 50 51 5v5 CBJ 1 3:26 12 25 28 33 40 55 6 19 30 33 50 51 5v5 CBJ 1 1:57 24 40 44 57 89 91 3 16 22 30 58 61 5v5 EDM 2 18:12 94...

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20662 Team Period Time Note EDM Opponent EDM 1 17:41 25 4 25 33 40 83 89 7 8 15 22 32 48 5v5 EDM 1 17:00 12 5 12 16 40 55 58 7 8 13 24 32 47 5v5 EDM 1 14:11 89 4 24 33 40 83 89 7 8 15 22 32 48 5v5 LAK 1 12:44 5 12 16 40 55 58 2 3 13 24 28 32 5v5 EDM 1 8:39 Goal 12 12 28 40 58 89 91 2 7 13 24 32 5v4 EDM 1 6:14 4 4 33 40 44 83 89 7 8 15 22 32 48 5v5 LAK 1 2:24 PP 5 12 24 40 42 10 25 26 28 32 33 4v5 LAK 1 1:51 25 28 40 42 44 91 15 22 26 32 33 48 5v5 LAK 2 18:40 10 24 28 40 44 57 11 22 23 26 32 33 5v5 EDM 2 16:15 83...

Jason Gregor made what I think is a very fair point over on OilersNation about Eric Belanger the other day. He hasn’t dipped the past few years, in fact his point totals increased slightly. No one could have predicted he’d be this bad, so saying he was a bad signing is wrong. He’s been bad, but the signing wasn’t. He hasn’t produced, and for some strange reason Renney continues to play him too many minutes. Rip on how he has been used, rip on Belanger for not performing, but saying it was the wrong signing is cherry-picking in my opinion. When Cam Barker was signed, some people raised an eyebrow due to his...

There’s a fascinating story floating around today about the New Jersey Devils’ owners looking to securitize their future revenue streams from television. The gist of it would seem to be this: His New Jersey Devils hockey team is months late on an $80 million debt payment to lenders and is looking for a balance-sheet miracle — that is, the securitization of its long-term TV deal with the MSG Network, a move that Vanderbeek hopes will raise exactly that much cash. But two sources close to the situation say it appears the money-losing franchise, which has been shopping the deal with the help of Goldman Sachs since at least...

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